#F9EC8A#F9EC8A

#F9EC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.120 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC8A
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(53, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 44.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.56, -8.68, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.56, 49.67, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(93.29% -0.0245 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(93.29% 0.12 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.6516, 81.9679, 35.9815)
Luminance	0.8197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC8A #8A97F9

analogous

#F9B48A #F9EC8A #CEF98A

triadic

#F9EC8A #8AF9EC #EC8AF9

tetradic

#F9EC8A #8AF9B4 #8A97F9 #F98ACE

square

#F9EC8A #8AF9B4 #8A97F9 #F98ACE

split-complementary

#F9EC8A #8ACEF9 #B48AF9

monochromatic

#F3D916 #F6E350 #F9EC8A #FCF5C4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9EC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.39

#F9EC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC8A

17.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC8A	1.00	1.21	17.39	17.39
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.120 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2ae',
    500: '#f9ec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec8a;
$custom-light: #fdf2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 90.244,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93286,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC8A

secondary

#5060D7

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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